"My boyfriend of four years, Joe, and I had tickets to a Black Eyed Peas concert one Friday night. That day around 3 p.m., my boss turned to me and said, We have to go to a new business meeting at 5 p.m. at the airport,' which isn't totally uncommon since we meet with clients while they're in the UK on layovers. But I was definitely not happy about this as it meant I'd miss Cheryl Cole, the opening act. My boss said he'd do everything he could to get me to the concert, but the CEO insisted I had to attend the meeting. So I resigned myself to it and left work with my boss, who was driving us to Heathrow.

As we were approaching the hotel where the meeting would take place, my boss missed the turn-off. Then, he suddenly pulled over in departures. He said, I've brought you here under false pretenses. You're not going to a meeting—or the Black Eyed Peas. Hand me your laptop, go into the terminal, and sit there until someone calls or text you.' For all I knew, I was getting deported back to the US!

I did as he said, and then I got a call from Joe. He said, I have a question for you: Cheryl Cole or me?' Of course I picked him, and then he came up the airport escalator with a suitcase packed for the two of us (he did a great job packing for me, except for the heels I haven't worn once in the four years I've owned them!).

When he walked up to me, he said, Want to go to Cape Town?' We had a fantastic time in South Africa in 2007 and had talked about being totally extravagant and flying there for a long weekend, but I definitely didn't think we'd be doing this until we had saved up more!

We landed early on Saturday morning, had a nice breakfast, and then went up Table Mountain, a national park. We got to the top and were admiring our surroundings when Joe pulled out two pictures from when we were on the mountain three years ago. He said, We had so much fun last time we were up here, and we've had so much fun ever since.' And then next thing I knew, he dropped to one knee, pulled out a ring box, and asked, Will you marry me?' Inside the box was my grandmother's engagement ring—my dad gave it to him when we were visiting the US the week before! I didn't even know she left it for me!

Of course I said yes and then Joe pulled out a bottle of Dom Perignon—he bought it with the money he got from selling the Black Eyed Peas tickets! We sipped our champagne looking out over the Atlantic and called both of our families to share the news."

Lauren's boss even picked up the couple from the airport when they got back that Monday!

__Isn't Joe such a good planner? Do you think your guy is capable of arranging a surprise trip like that—and involving your boss (and the CEO!)? Would you have suspected a proposal was on the way if your man took you on an unexpected vacation? __